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TAM Brazil Fokker F-100 plane crash

Aracatuba, Brazil
TAM Brazil Fokker F-100 plane crash - Aracatuba, Brazil

Key facts

Airline
TAM Brazil
Aircraft
Fokker F-100
Location
Aracatuba, Brazil
Date
30th August, 2002
People on board
28
Fatality
0

Accident account

The aircraft, on a passenger flight from São Paulo to Campo Grande, crashed in a farm field near the town of Aracatuba, 325 miles northwest of São Paulo. The aircraft reportedly suffered some sort of fuel leak, and was forced to land when the fuel onboard the aircraft became exhausted. None of the 28 passengers and crew aboard were seriously injured, however, the aircraft was written off.

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